On Tuesday, June 6, 2023, at 20:00 in Mersin Yenişehir AKM Cumhuriyet Hall, Ziya Azazi; Dervish will perform his unforgettable performance. This event will be held under the leadership of Mersin Cilicia River Association and with the significant support of Mersin Yenişehir Municipality.   Our event aims to support students who take their first steps to university. All ticket income will be transferred to the students affected by the disaster. However, even if you cannot attend, you can purchase tickets to support earthquake-affected students. You can also support Mersin Kilikya River Association by making a donation. Each donation can be a beacon of hope in the lives of students.   We invite everyone who wants to participate in our solidarity event to obtain their tickets via @kilikyanehirdernegi. We would like to thank all Ziya Azazi fans who showed social sensitivity at this important event.   Let's support the earthquake victims together. A ticket or a donation can bring hope to their future.   PERFORMANCE DETAILS   Dervish is a performance in which Ziya Azazi's first two works, Azab and Dervish in Progress, are exhibited together. It is a study that deals with the four levels in Sufism. This performance is Ziya Azazi's first long-term show in his individual art career as a result of years of research on the return. It is his work, which has been exhibited in 45 countries to date, forms the basis of today's DIP terminology and philosophy, and lays the groundwork for the structuring of various events and training programs.   Concept/Choreography/Dance: Ziya Azazi Music: Uwe Felchle & Mercan Dede Light: Abdullah Adaşlık Costume Design: Ischiko Date: Tuesday, June 6th, 2023 Location: Mersin Yenişehir AKM Cumhuriyet Hall Time: 20:00

On Friday, June 9, 2023, at 19:30, Hunsrückhalle will perform a breathtaking dervish dance at Simmern - Ziya Azazi. In addition, the members of the Immigration and Integration Advisory Board will introduce themselves and briefly summarize an issue that is important to them. The key question is: "How can a society, with all its citizens, implement and implement diversity in a positive way?"   Saturday and Sunday, 10.-11. June 2023 - Ziya Azazi will explore the limitless world at the 2-day Dervish in Progress workshop with 50 participants. Part of this interaction and exchange is to broaden awareness of boundaries. How much am I willing to give myself? Where are my personal limits in myself and in relation to others, and what can we learn from each other?   We are waiting for you!   Advisory Board for Migration and Integration of the Simmern-Rheinböllen Community   Register: The workshop does not require any prior knowledge. The show and workshop are organized free of charge . We kindly ask you to register in advance via the following contact address: Chairman of the Migration and Integration Advisory Board of the Union of Municipalities of Simmern-Rheinböllen Asiye Alimci Phone: +49 15223076737 E-Mail: migrationsbeirat@sim-rhb.de

In our new location Antalya, our host “TADAH Artist Habitat” welcoming DIP, and its all members & followers for our summer-whirl gathering. You are very welcome to enjoy soft summer days framed with DIP terminology & experiences. DIP retreats are seen as personal investment, where participant get opportunities to see oneself in all levels (physical, emotional, mental) which helps & encourages for changes, leads into discoveries & replacements in all dimensions of our life!

Ziya Azazi is internationally renowned for his contemporary, experimental approach to Sufi dance. He has been teaching his method “Dervish in Progress” (DIP) in over 30 countries, which built his remarkable experience with thousands of whirling bodies and personalities, and his extraordinary intuition for participants’ needs.   The workshop offers space for a free form of the dance, personal variation and exploration and emotions. You will challenge your limits, and extend your physical, mental and emotional comfort zone. The workshop does not require any prior dance experience, just the curiosity to engage with your body and the whirling movement. Also advanced whirlers will benefit.   Workshop Times: Fri 23 June 17-21, Sat 24th 12-18, Sun 25th 12-17   Location: Aula of «Freie Evangelische Schule Zürich», Waldmannstr. 9 (central, near lake)   Workshop Fees: - Regular: 290 € - 15% early bird discount (until 15 April) - 20% partner discount (bring a family or household member)   Workshop languages are German and English (depending on the participants).   Registration: Jacqueline Frick info@rahil.ch +41 76 233 34 77  

Whiriling is a special opportunity to find out how our patterns and habits of daily life work. Surrendering to the blurry state of the spinning world means experiencing a very abstract adventure. This can lead to enormous insights and discoveries about our true selves. Understanding and internalizing all of these impressions leads to a healthier body, a clearer mind, and a more intuitive ability.   This offer is aimed at physically and mentally healthy people!   If you have experienced strong trauma, this workshop might be very intense for you. Whirling is no psychotherapy and is not a substitute for therapy. If you want to enter the workshop self responsibly, you are welcome - we recommend accompanying psychotherapeutic treatment for better integration. Basically, anyone can participate in this workshop! Regardless of age (+16), regardless of whether you have any professional or hobby-related dance background. Please bring light, comfortable clothing - as well as socks and a blanket. It is important not to eat too much or heavy meals directly before or during the workshop! Workshop time is 4 or 5 hours per day, and we only take short breaks. Please bring some light snacks to nibble on in between.   The workshop language is English or German - depending on the need! Translation is possible.  

Dear DIP Followers and enthusiasts of the world of Whirling,   The Dervish In Progress (DIP) workshop will once again take place as part of the Impulstanz Festival from July 10-14 this year.   As always, DIP is creating a space-time for anyone who wants to deepen their emotional, intellectual, and physical awareness, going beyond traditional whirling and helping participants expand their boundaries through individual, pair, and group practices.   As you know, DIP, with its unique multidisciplinary structure, increases participants' awareness, allows them to master movement energy conservation, and enables them to develop an original whirling style. It also provides opportunities for personal and unique experiences, activating the body and mind and allowing us to access knowledge and intuition, thus enabling us to delve into deep emotions. As there is no fixed image, just like in the real world, while whirling, it reminds us to rely on our own axis and gravity, which helps us stand up straighter and gain balance in life.   DIP has been participating in the Impulstanz Festival since 2013, offering festival participants the opportunity to experience the world of whirling with its unique format. DIP, which has introduced the world of whirling to thousands of people in 35 countries to date, is eagerly looking forward to sharing this special experience with you by participating in the festival this year.   By coming to the DIP workshop, you will experience an exciting and innovative experience that will add joy to your life, rediscover yourself, and enjoy the novelty of an unfamiliar uniqueness.   With love,   Ziya Azazi   OPEN FOR ALL LEVELS Date: 10.7.–14.7.2023 Time: 17:30–20:00 Location: Workshop Centre Schmelz Auf der Schmelz 6, 1150 Vienna/Austria

With the chaotic mobility that we live in, there is nothing left to us than reforming our own selves again and again, and again….This workshop suggests a space for participants to challenge your limits through whirling in single, couple or group forms; to stimulate your ability for the thrill of bodily energy; and through these abilities, reach your goal movement within your own genre, spending less energy, with a higher level of   Whirling is not the main objective of this workshop. The greater goal is to improve one’s physical, emotional and mental awareness through whirling and the exercises prior to that. It will lead you to perceive and accept what is befalling throughout whirling, and reach an innovative movement by means.   15th – 16th JULY 2023 STUDIO:  TO BE ANNOUNCED

This workshop opens up a space for participants to challenge their limits, either individually or as a group. At the same time, it helps the participants to discover their own unique movement styles by teaching them how to save the physical energy they spend, and to reach a higher level of awareness by spending minimum energy.   The main purpose of this whirling-based workshop is to develop one's physical, emotional and cognitive awareness through whirling and other exercises.   This workshop offers time and space for its participants to perceive and accept what happens to them during their journey and for their intellectual, sensory and bodily transformations.   Ziya Azazi is internationally renowned for his contemporary, experimental approach to Sufi dance. He has been teaching his method “Dervish in Progress” (DIP) in over 30 countries, which built his remarkable experience with thousands of whirling bodies and personalities, and his extraordinary intuition for participants’ needs.   Date: 18th – 24th August 2023 Location: Music Village Festival – Volos/GREECE Workshop Language: English, Greek Limited number of participants: Maximum 17 İletişim: +43 660 586 06 60 E-posta: dervishinprogress@gmail.com

For a 5th year in a row we offer you and ourselves to detach from the urban environment, from the erratic everyday life, from the usual problems, with the intention to rediscover ourselves. Тo give ourselves time and safe space, to explore the depths of the conscious and subconscious, to spin together in a whirlwind of emotions and experiences.   Our beloved Ziya Azazi - choreographer, artist, dancer, teacher and whirling dervish in progress is coming again to Apriltsi , to conduct a 4 days DIP /dervish in progress retreat between 24th & 27th of August 2023.

New location alert for Dervish In Progress(DIP) Retreat: Mersin!    We are excited to announce that we will meet again in Mersin this year, with the feeling of whirling and transforming together since the first workshop we held in Mersin in 2017. This retreat, which will be held on September 14-17 in collaboration with @ssinemsimsek , one of the first graduates of DIPTEP Education and @kayraeğitimdanismanlik, will be our 4th meeting in Mersin. It will be hosted by @hukoyotel. A retreat in the forest, where we will get away from the city, awaits us. It is a great pleasure to see the distribution of DIP terminology in different geographies, but also the feeling of meeting with our own geography is an indescribable happiness. Let’s talk about what we do in the DIP program, which inspired us to meet with you in other parts of Turkey.   DIP is directly related to contacting the center within ourselves. With the practice of whirling, our perception of ourselves and the world changes and transforms. Hence, new neural pathways are formed in our brains that allow us to look at life with a fresh mind. Thus, we begin to enjoy the present moment and to feel. Our level of awareness increases, and a sense of inner peace and courage comes back. Whirling reminds us that there is a center within us that cannot be shaken by anyone. In this sense, DIP offers a space of experience where we accept ourselves as a whole, approach ourselves with curiosity and be free. With DIP, we can build flexibility and endurance and strengthen our nervous system. Hope to experience this unique moment together soon!   LOCATION: Huköy Nature Hotel Education and Event Village, MERSIN-TURKEY PRICE: The participation fee for the retreat (Dervish in Progress) is 450 Euros. Services included in the price: Accommodation Fee | Full board (in double rooms) Fee of retreat Note: The transportation will be done by the participants themselves.

In our new location Antalya, our host “TADAH Artist Habitat” welcoming DIP, and its all members & followers for our autumn-whirl gathering. You are very welcome to enjoy soft autumn days framed with DIP terminology & experiences. DIP retreats are seen as personal investment, where participant get opportunities to see oneself in all levels (physical, emotional, mental) which helps & encourages for changes, leads into discoveries & replacements in all dimensions of our life!   Date: 18th - 22th 2023

Join Ziya Azazi's DIP Master Classes and deepen your understanding of the DIP technique and improve your skills. The retreat includes 3 unique classes between October 24th and 29th.   In the "Exploring the Skirts" class, you will learn to incorporate the flow and movement of the skirt into your performance, creating grace and elegance. In the "Dervish Tango" class, you will explore the fusion of whirling and partnering dances, deepening your understanding of yourself and others. In the "Performing DIP" class, you will learn how to captivate your audience with a mesmerizing performance by studying important parameters such as lighting, music, decor, costume, dance, timing, placement, and more.   Each master class offers a transformative experience, allowing for creative exploration, emotional, intellectual, and physical awareness, and the development of performance skills.